Police had eight other Lockerbie suspects

UK: British police investigating the Lockerbie bombing wanted to investigate eight other potential suspects, a former head of the probe told The Scotsman newspaper Monday.

However, they were never interviewed, said Stuart Henderson, a former detective chief superintendent who led the Lockerbie Incident Control Centre from 1988 until 1992. His comments came as Scottish police said they were re-examining the evidence surrounding the 1988 bombing as they seek new suspects in connection with the attack.

Detectives are reviewing the case to establish who might have acted with Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the only person convicted over the bombing of a Pan Am jet which exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing 270 people.

“We submitted eight other names of people that we wished to interview that were strong suspects. Unfortunately, we never got that opportunity,” Henderson told The Scotsman.

London, Monday, AFP